5 players are tied for the most goals by a rookie in a game, with 5 scored. The first three are Don Murdoch on October 12, 1976, Howie Meeker on January 8, 1947 and Mickey Roach on March 6, 1920.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a rookie in an NHL regular-season game

	NAME	G	DATE	TM		OPP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
1	Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	5	10/12/1976	NYR	@	MNS	0	5	+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	50.0
2	Howie Meeker H. Meeker	5	1/8/1947	TOR	vs	CHI	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mickey Roach M. Roach	5	3/6/1920	TSP	vs	QBD	1	6		0					1	0
4	Joe Malone J. Malone	5	2/2/1918	MTL	vs	TAN	0	5		0					0	0
5	Joe Malone J. Malone	5	1/12/1918	MTL	vs	SEN	2	7		0					1	0
6	Joe Malone J. Malone	5	12/19/1917	MTL	@	SEN	0	5		0					1	0
7	Harry Hyland H. Hyland	5	12/19/1917	MWN	vs	TAN	0	5		0					0	0
8	Mark Jankowski M. Jankowski	4	4/7/2018	CGY	vs	VGK	0	4	+3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	8	50.0	7	12	58.3	0	0	1	0	15:48
9	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	4	10/12/2016	TOR	@	OTT	0	4	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	66.7	6	13	46.2	0	0	2	0	17:37
10	Sam Bennett S. Bennett	4	1/13/2016	CGY	vs	FLA	0	4	+5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	15:41
11	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	4	10/8/2013	SJS	vs	NYR	0	4	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	57.1	1	1	100.0	1	1	1	0	11:12
12	Mark Parrish M. Parrish	4	10/30/1998	FLA	@	CHI	0	4	+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	80.0
13	Jaroslav Svejkovsky J. Svejkovsky	4	4/13/1997	WSH	@	BUF	0	4	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	66.7
14	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	4	2/28/1993	WIN	vs	MNS	0	4	+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	80.0
15	Johan Garpenlov J. Garpenlov	4	11/23/1990	DET	vs	STL	0	4	+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	57.1
16	Jiri Hrdina J. Hrdina	4	11/7/1988	CGY	vs	HFD	0	4	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	100.0
17	Tony Granato T. Granato	4	10/30/1988	NYR	vs	PIT	0	4	+4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	44.4
18	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	4	12/13/1987	CGY	@	BUF	0	4	+2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	80.0
19	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	4	11/19/1987	CGY	vs	QUE	0	4	+1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	7	57.1
20	Brian MacLellan B. MacLellan	4	11/3/1983	LAK	@	PHI	1	5	+2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	66.7
21	Chris Valentine C. Valentine	4	2/27/1982	WSH	vs	HFD	0	4	-1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	57.1
22	Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	4	2/25/1982	WSH	vs	STL	0	4	+5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	57.1
23	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	4	3/22/1981	MNS	vs	DET	0	4	+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	50.0
24	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	4	2/22/1981	QUE	@	WSH	4	8	+3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	7	57.1
25	Jordy Douglas J. Douglas	4	2/3/1980	HFD	vs	NYI	0	4	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	66.7